Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Favorites of 2009!

G'bye, 2009! You were a good year. Here are the books I read in 2009 that made the greatest impact on me:

Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Something, Maybe by Elizabeth Scott
Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Willow by Julia Hoban
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins*
The Secret Year by Jennifer Hubbard*
The Body Finder by Kimberly Durting*
Green by Hayley Anne Perkins**

*These have 2010 release dates.
**Technically doesn't have a pub date, but it's fantastic. See?

And here are the Top Five books I'm most looking forward to reading in 2010...

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
The Line by Teri Hall
Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken
Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

...aaaaand about 239572 others. I'm ready for yah, 2010! Happy New Year's Eve, guys!

What were your favorites?
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18 comments:

  1. I'm posting my faves tomorrow! :)

    So many good books, and so many more good ones coming in 2010. Yahoo!!

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  2. You are absolutely my favorite, Chelsea!

    (And keep your fingers crossed for me rightsabout now!)

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  4. Nice. Aren't you glad I lent you The Body Finder and we read Hex Hall together??

    Our lists are pretty much the same. Scary.

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  5. Great books! 2010 is going to be awesome! :)

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  6. Ooh, awesome picks! I really loved Wintergirls too.

    And I want to read Hex Hall pretty badly so I'm glad you liked it :)

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  7. Great list! I'll try posting my favorites during the day :)

    Happy New Year!

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  8. The only one of those books I have read is City of Bones, but its on my list too! I want to read ALL the others on your list though!

    If you're interested, my list is here.

    ~Aye.Me?

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  10. You totally made my morning : ) Thanks for being excited about Paranormalcy!!

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  11. Oh, I SEE how it is. You don't include my book in your top five because I'm Team Peeta, right?
    HHAHAH
    KIDDING.
    THanks for being so awesome!

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  12. Heidi - exactly! :P Nah, it's kind of a given I want SEA. Ask Alicia how longingly I looked @ your ARC at the Levithan signing! :) I think I even petted it. I'll be buying it the day of it's release! Count on it.

    So hard to limit it to five. I should have just copied the whole Tenner list. 2010 is gonna be great!

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  13. YAY! I'm so excited that The Body Finder made your list!!!

    Happy New Year, Chelsea! ;)

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  14. Fantastic books! :)

    P.S. You got an award at my blog. I did the Name/URL so you can just click my name and you can see your award! =]

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  15. So many 2010 releases on your list...not fair! And same with Green - I really want to read that now.

    I have put Graceling and Shiver high on my Best of '09 list.

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  16. Uh Oh, I only read one book on your top list this year (Wintergirls) many of the others I had my on wishlist but I can't buy any books until my best friend mails me my christmas present, I have no idea what she got me, but I HOPE it's Beautiful Creatures!

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  17. Ditto Ditto Ditto!!

    I love the lists!!!

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  18. I LOVED If I Stay and Twenty Boy Summer too!

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